Meaning

5 senses

  1. The background design in lace-making.

  2. Brown residue in pans from cooking meats and vegetables.

    He used the fond to make a classic French pan sauce.

  3. A group of records having shared provenance.

  4. (obsolete)Foundation; bottom; groundwork.

  5. (obsolete)Fund, stock, or store.

Examples

278 sentences

  1. He's very fond of science fiction.

    Йому дуже подобається фантастика. — Ahha

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  2. I'm not fond of her face.

    Мені не подобається її обличчя. — deniko

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  3. He is fond of this kind of music.

    Він обожнює таку музику. — deniko

    ruОн обожает такого сорта музыку. — sharptoothed

    deEr liebt diese Art von Musik. — Esperantostern

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  4. I'm fond of Tom.

    Мені Том подобається. — deniko

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  5. I'm fond of taking pictures.

    Я люблю фотографувати. — deniko

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Origin

From French, ultimately from Latin fundus. Doublet of fund and fundus.

From French, ultimately from Latin fundus. Doublet of fund and fundus.

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Forms

plural: fonds
Singularfond
Pluralfonds

regular

Collocations

5 patterns
  • is fond of
  • very fond of
  • quite fond of
  • is very fond
  • quite fond

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
follyB2fomentfondlefondlyB2fondnessB1

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